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20 Things You Won't Like About Vista

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the keep-counting dept.

feminazi writes "Computerworld's Scot Finnie details 20 things you won't like in Windows Vista, with a visual tour to prove it. He says that MS has favored security over end-user productivity, making the user feel like a rat caught in a maze with all the protect-you-from-yourself password-entry and 'Continue' boxes required by the User Account Controls feature." From the article: "In its supreme state of being, Microsoft knows precisely what's best for you. It knows that because its well-implemented new Sleep mode uses very little electricity and also takes only two or three seconds to either shut down or restart, you want to use this mode to 'turn off' your computer, whether you realize it or not. It wants to teach you about what's best. It wants to make it harder for you to make a mistake."

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  1. Heh by gentimjs · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can think of more than 20 ....

  2. Re:Slashdot through the looking glass? by mrchaotica · · Score: 0, Troll
    or selecting "Sleep" instead of "Shut Down" on their desktops
    Or just walking away and letting it fall asleep by itself eventually. I've got a few Macs at home, and let me tell you (not you personally since you already use a Mac, but "you" as in everyone else reading this) -- it's just like a screen saver (and almost as fast!). The only difference is that it saves energy.
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  3. Re:Your summary... by linvir · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, but on the other hand, a lot of the gripes mentioned are meaningless rearrangement of menus of the kind Microsoft always goes through. It must be a good way to get a load of extra money from MCSE training or something.

  4. We want Mac OS X (apparently)! by mrchaotica · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple: Hey general consumer market -- we've got good security that isn't annoying, our graphics aren't just "like" OSX, they are OSX, we've had a good sleep mode since forever, and we can run more games than you think (really)!

    Developers -- we've got a programming model that uses standards (e.g. OpenGL, zeroconf, etc.) where possible, compiles to native code, and has APIs that don't break backwards compatibility as often. Sure, if you want to use the newest APIs (e.g. Core*) your users have to run the latest version, but at least those APIs complement all the other ones that have always been there, so you don't have to rewrite the rest of your code too.

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    "[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz

  5. Re:Slashdot through the looking glass? by Golias · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bah. If people are content to use Windows, and willing to put up with all the crap that it entails, who am I to tell them they are wrong?

    If somebody asks me why I use Macs, I'm happy to tell them, but what's the point in "evangelizing" for OS X or Linux? It's not like Steve Jobs sends me a check every time one of my friends becomes a "switcher."

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  6. Re:security over..... by WilliamSChips · · Score: 0, Troll

    You do realize that Open Source devs *like* to program, right?

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  7. More security is what you whined for. by sudog · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now you've got it, and you're still bitching. Cripes, you can't find anything good about them! The least you can do is admit you're deliberately on the attack. All this "informational bulletin propaganda disguised as legitimate criticism" is getting a bit old, don't you think?

    Just make a "Microsoft-bashing" department, and be blatant about it! Stop hiding behind the ineffective veneer of objectivity, you pussies.